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ON THE HABITUAL USE OF OPIUM 
A table to enable the reader to contrast at a glance the evils re¬ 
sulting from the abuse of ardent spirits , and Opium smoking. 
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The abuse of ardent Spirits. 
The habit is quick and pro¬ 
gressive to a certain amount, 
then stationary, sometimes a- 
bandoned. 
Excitement followed by de-“ 
pression. 
Capricious appetite, vomit¬ 
ing, pain of stomach, head¬ 
ache, irritability of nerves, 
partial loss of sensation in 
feet, tingling in the fingers. 
Diarrhoea, dysentery, de¬ 
rangement of liver, bilious 
vomiting. 
Restlessness, want of sleep, 
dreams, unequal spirits, in¬ 
crease of passions, mitering 
gait, hloorisho* eye, hot, dry 
skin, perspiration. 
Complete Dyspepsia, in 
flammation of stomach, diar¬ 
rhoea, frequently dysentery, 
loathing of food, irritable and 
phagedenic ulcers. 
Carbuncles, effusion in nleu- 
ra and pericardium. Brights 
disease of kidneys, nutmeg l a 
liver, dropsy of abdomen, Sc 
general oedema, inflamma¬ 
tion of membranes of brain, 
dilirium tremens, apoplexy, 
paralysis, mania, spontane¬ 
ous combustion. 
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The abuse of opium smoking . 
The habit is s’ow, steady, 
and progressive in its fasci- 
nation, seldom or never aban¬ 
doned. 
Slight excitement followed 
by narcotic tranquility, rest¬ 
lessness want, of sleep, fright¬ 
ful dreams, lo-;s of pass'ons, 
depression of spirits, shuffling 
gait, sunken listless eye, yel¬ 
low dry skin, perspiration. 
<( Loss of appetite, vomiting, 
paui of stomach tympanitic 
and other dyspeptic symp¬ 
toms, pains in muscles and 
bones,difficulty of breathing 
and micturition, discharge of 
mucus from eyes, nose, anus 
^ and penis. 
Complete dyspepsia, diar¬ 
rhoea, somtimes dysentery, 
want of appetite, general a- 
tony, slow and indolent ul¬ 
cers, carbuncles and cutane¬ 
ous diseases, effusion in the 
pleura and pericardium cede- 
J ma of lungs, dilatation and 
weakened power of heart, 
chronic inflammationof blad¬ 
der, Brights disease of kidneys 
dropsy of abdomen and ven- 
ricles of brain, general oede¬ 
ma, general wasting of body, 
imbecility of mind. 
Death. 
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